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bugloss

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bugloss

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n
widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
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n
perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bugloss
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n widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States

Synonyms:
Picris echioides, bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue
Type of:
weed
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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n perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers

Synonyms:
Anchusa officinalis, alkanet
Type of:
anchusa
any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
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